Problem-Solving Contracts in Bracknell

Problem Solving
Berkshire > Bracknell

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bracknell requiring Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 5 10
Rank change year-on-year +1 +5 +8
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 16 40 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bracknell 22.22% 14.18% 12.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.19% 15.69% 13.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 6
10th Percentile £350 £146 -
25th Percentile £406 £216 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £270 £605
Median % change year-on-year +75.93% -55.37% +57.70%
75th Percentile £575 £388 £610
90th Percentile £600 £438 -
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +3.28% -7.14% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile £28.34 - -
25th Percentile £40.98 £41.25 -
Median hourly rate £52.75 £42.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +24.12% - -
75th Percentile £65.83 £52.63 -
90th Percentile £78.56 £57.95 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £52.75 £61.60 £54.56
% change year-on-year -14.37% +12.90% -32.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bracknell

Problem-Solving falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bracknell.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 69 255 148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bracknell 95.83% 90.43% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 72 42
10th Percentile £264 £114 £340
25th Percentile £400 £311 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year - -2.91% +19.42%
75th Percentile £581 £525 £600
90th Percentile £643 £600 £610
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £511 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 17 4
10th Percentile £27.19 £32.94 £15.10
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.25 £18.25
Median hourly rate £48.00 £45.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +83.67% -63.34%
75th Percentile £56.13 £61.50 £38.41
90th Percentile £70.07 £64.20 £51.74
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
% change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Bracknell

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bracknell.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Bracknell

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bracknell

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Bracknell.

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Bracknell

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Bracknell

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Bracknell over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Bracknell

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bracknell

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Bracknell.

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Bracknell

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bracknell

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Bracknell over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Bracknell

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bracknell by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 4 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (12.50%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) GCP
1 1 (6.25%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Firewall
1 1 (6.25%) Network Security
1 1 (6.25%) NGFW
1 1 (6.25%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) GitLab
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 13 (81.25%) Social Skills
2 10 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (43.75%) Finance
4 6 (37.50%) Manufacturing
5 4 (25.00%) Agriculture
6 3 (18.75%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (18.75%) Legal
7 2 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (6.25%) Billing
8 1 (6.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Project Manager
2 4 (25.00%) Payroll Manager
3 3 (18.75%) HR Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Auditor
4 2 (12.50%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Finance Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Finance Project Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Information Security Auditor
4 2 (12.50%) Security Auditor
5 1 (6.25%) Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Business Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Finance Systems Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Implementation Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Implementation Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Information Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Information Security Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Project Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Project Implementation Manager
5 1 (6.25%) SAP Manager
5 1 (6.25%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Life Science
2 3 (18.75%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
4 1 (6.25%) Cloud Native
4 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
4 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (6.25%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Linux
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Project Management
2 6 (37.50%) Collaborative Working
2 6 (37.50%) Migration
3 5 (31.25%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (25.00%) Change Management
4 4 (25.00%) Data Migration
5 3 (18.75%) Agile
5 3 (18.75%) Data Loss Prevention
5 3 (18.75%) Incident Management
5 3 (18.75%) Information Security
5 3 (18.75%) Logistics
5 3 (18.75%) Risk Management
5 3 (18.75%) Roadmaps
5 3 (18.75%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 3 (18.75%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (12.50%) Bioinformatics
6 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2
6 2 (12.50%) Programme Management
6 2 (12.50%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Degree
2 5 (31.25%) Master's Degree
3 4 (25.00%) PMI Certification
3 4 (25.00%) PMP
4 3 (18.75%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
1 1 (6.25%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (6.25%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Ansible
1 1 (6.25%) Grafana
1 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
1 1 (6.25%) Prometheus
1 1 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) SAP
2 1 (6.25%) Google
2 1 (6.25%) Palo Alto
2 1 (6.25%) Salesforce
2 1 (6.25%) Splunk
2 1 (6.25%) VMware
2 1 (6.25%) Workday
2 1 (6.25%) Zscaler